Brand Acceleration Manager

Location: Uxbridge

Contract type: Permanent

8% annual bonus – Benefit car or Car allowance £7000 – Excellent pension scheme – Share plan – 25 days holiday + bank holidays – Learning & Development opportunities – 2 paid volunteering days per year – Option to purchase private medical & dental – Option to buy & sell annual leave

What you become part of:

Soft drinks is an exciting, fast paced and always evolving category. At CCEP we already have some of the biggest brands in soft drinks and we continue to bring new brands and innovation to market offering choice and value to shoppers and our customers. The Commercial Development team are key to driving the brand portfolio through best in class activation in stores and online.

Understanding the brand objectives and shopper insights enables Brand Acceleration Managers working directly with the Coca Cola Company to bring to life the key brand moments and events for the customer and the consumer. Ensuring that we keep to key milestones throughout the process, we hit customer deadlines and requirements and deliver the most effective content for our national account, commercial and Field Sales Team to activate the plan and ultimately ensuring we review the effectiveness of what we have delivered.

Brand Accleration Managers are ultimately accountable in direct collaboration with The Coca-Cola Company for key campaigns for CCEP, delivering the Brand and Key moment activation toolkit and the core selling materials and working collaboratively with others in the Commercial Development team, Commercial and Field Sales teams, R&MGM, Category and of course our Customers is key to delivering great execution.

What to expect:

• You manage specific campaigns for CCEP
• You would understand the shopper barriers & triggers to purchase and CCEP activation priorities as well as the key trends and competitor landscape. You will share this knowledge directly with The Coca-Cola Company, Commercial Development and Sales, R&MGM and Category.
• You will work collaboratively with Commercial Development, National and Field Sales to provide all of the relevant shopper and brand toolkits and Sales materials to meet the defined ABP metrics
• You will setup and manage ongoing the brand performance scorecards as well as evaluate New Products within the portfolio, as well as course correct for products, packs or brands.
• You will understand the commercial implications of decisions in order to make the right future judgements on the best way to unlock the best in class activation ensuring activation is aligned to Commercial priorities.
  
  

Skills & Essentials:

To be successful in this role you need to demonstrate excellent planning skills; analytical; great communication, both verbal and written, and be confident in communicating with key stakeholders and customers.

Experience gained from working within a customer facing role in Shopper Marketing, Sales, or Category Development is a must. You will need to have excellent project management skills and be comfortable leading high profile stakeholders through the processes you create.